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  • November 19, 2020
East County weather page photo: November 19

Scott Veix captured this dragonfly resting on a barbed wire fence along Lorraine Road in Lakewood Ranch.

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  • Observer Staff
  • November 19, 2020
Sarasota weather page photo: November 19

Michael Cohen captured this grasshopper on Lido Key.

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  • November 19, 2020
Longboat Key, Weather Page, Nature, Photo Contest

Patricia Muller captured this sunset on Longboat Key.

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  • By The Cota Group Insurance
  • November 19, 2020
We Are Still Here!! Same Location. Same Friendly Agents.

We Are Still Here!! Same Location. Same Friendly Agents.

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Lt. Gregory Bueno and Publix manager Ray Gonzalez. Photo courtesy of Lt. Gregory Bueno.
    By
  • Brendan Lavell
  • November 18, 2020
Food drive charges forward in east Bradenton

Florida Highway Patrol's Stuff the Charger food drive goes until Nov. 30.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 18, 2020
Scramble for SPARCC gets golfers swinging for support

SPARCC hosted its annual golf tournament at the Harbourside Golf Course.

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Rabbi Samantha Kahn, Temple Sinai's Director of Youth Education, Outreach and Engagement Bethany Leinweber and Gulf Gate teacher Michelle Portnow Rivas said the Daffodil Project is a way to remember those who died in the Holocaust
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  • Brynn Mechem
  • November 17, 2020
School, temple partner on Holocaust education

Gulf Gate fifth grade students will plant a Holocaust remembrance garden as part of the Daffodil Project.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 17, 2020
Key Niners swing into a new season with a pandemic-era luncheon

The Longboat Key golfers dined outdoors at the Longboat Key Club.

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Business has dried up at the South Gate Community Center since the start of the pandemic.
    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • November 16, 2020
South Gate Community Center faces uncertain future

The longtime event venue is looking for a potential buyer.

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Kurt Hennard
    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 16, 2020
Fresh sparkling snow

The wintery mix in Florida is glitter and sunshine rather than rain and snow.

  • Longboat Key
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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 16, 2020
Longboat Key Firefighters Association hosts fourth annual golf classic

The tournament raises money for the association's benevolent fund.

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    By
  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 16, 2020
St. Armands Key Lutheran Church hosts second food drive

The church has begun doing outdoor food drives since the pandemic started.

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    By
  • Harry Sayer
  • November 15, 2020
Hot Works Open Air Fine Art Show makes debut in Sarasota

The first Hot Works art show in Sarasota was held Nov. 14 and 15.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 14, 2020
Longboat Island Chapel hosts food drive

The church has done food drives over the summer as well.

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  • Nat Kaemmerer
  • November 13, 2020
Rotary Club of Longboat Key hosts Veterans Day event on the cusp of Eta

Even as the wind lashed and the rain poured down, Rotary Club stood to recognize Longboat Key's veterans.

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